The islands are geologically young and famed for their vast number of endemic species, which were studied by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the //Beagle//. His observations and collections contributed to the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.
During the 1940s, scientists decided to move 70 of Baltra's land iguanas to the neighbouring North Seymour Island as part of an experiment. This move had unexpected results during the military occupation of Baltra in World War II; the native iguanas became extinct on the island. During the 1980s, iguanas from North Seymour were brought to the Charles Darwin Research Station as part of a breeding and repopulation project, and in the 1990s, land iguanas were reintroduced to Baltra.
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The Galápagos Islands and its surrounding waters form an Ecuadorian province, a national park, and a biological marine reserve. The principal language on the islands is Spanish. The islands have a population of slightly over 25,000.[1[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal%C3%A1pagos_Islands#cite_note-0|]]]
The islands are geologically young and famed for their vast number of endemic species, which were studied by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the //Beagle//. His observations and collections contributed to the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.
During the 1940s, scientists decided to move 70 of Baltra's land iguanas to the neighbouring North Seymour Island as part of an experiment. This move had unexpected results during the military occupation of Baltra in World War II; the native iguanas became extinct on the island. During the 1980s, iguanas from North Seymour were brought to the Charles Darwin Research Station as part of a breeding and repopulation project, and in the 1990s, land iguanas were reintroduced to Baltra.